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testing will be made available to the exposed employee, along with information on laws concerning the disclosure of the identity and infectious status of the source individual.
5. If recommended by the physician providing follow up care and if the exposed employee consents, blood testing of his or her blood will be completed as soon as possible. If the employee consents to baseline blood collection, but not to HIV serologic testing, the blood sample will be retained for 90 days. The employee may request testing of the sample at any time during the 90-day period.
6. If recommended by the follow up physician, the exposed employee will be offered post-exposure prophylaxis in accordance with current recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Service. The employee should follow physician instructions regarding follow-up testing, reporting acute febrile illness or symptoms of potential illness that occurs within 12 weeks of exposure and recommendations for preventing the transmission of potential infection.
7. The employee will return physician-completed and signed exposure incident form to the building principal. The principal will take the completed form to the Board of Education office. The form will be placed in a separate confidential medical file and kept for the length of employment plus thirty years. This information will not be disclosed to any person, except as required by law, without the employee’s express written consent.
8. Corrective action will be taken as needed to prevent like exposures.
VII. Engineering/Work Practice Controls
1. Puncture-resistant containers are available at point-of-use for contaminated disposable needles and sharps.
2. Health Services will monitor contaminated sharp disposal containers and will dispose of all biohazard material in the proper manner.
3. Employees will receive training on needle-sharps safety upon beginning employment and annually: contaminated needles will not be bent, recapped, or removed and will be disposed of in appropriately labeled sharps containers.
4. Personnel policies prohibit eating, drinking, smoking, applying cosmetics or lip balm, handling contact lenses, or storing food and drink around areas where there is likelihood of exposure.
5. Personnel policies and procedures include the importance of hand washing related to handling of or exposure to blood or body fluids:
Employees must thoroughly wash their hands, or any other exposed or contaminated skin with soap and water immediately after removal of gloves or other personal protective equipment and following contact of hands or other skin with blood or OPIMs.
The district will make antiseptic towelettes or waterless hand sanitizer available in the nurse’s office for employees who do not have access to soap and water, i.e. when on athletic facilities or field trips.
6. Employees will receive training in handling of blood and body fluids in relation to tasks performed to prevent exposure and minimize splashing or spraying of blood.
7. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will be available and re-stocked in the nurse’s office for each building by Health Services. Employees will be provided with an emergency response kit during initial training. Employees will be responsible for maintaining PPE in their individual work areas. Gloves are to be worn by any employee when it is reasonably anticipated that there will be hand contact with blood, OPIMs, mucous membranes or non-intact skin. Gloves should be worn when handling or touching contaminated items or surfaces.
8. Airway masks for CPR will be kept with each building’s AED.
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